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Shanon Anderson
Shanon Anderson is currently the Chief of Police for Oregon State University Department of Public Safety and Police after serving with the Seattle Police Department since 1992. She is a native of the Pacific Northwest and is a police veteran with over 32 years of law enforcement experience. She has extensive leadership experience and a strong background in organizational development, building police legitimacy, training program management, policy, and force review.
Chief Anderson is a collaborative leader and has a growth mindset for law enforcement that focuses on de-escalation tactics, leadership development, and implicit bias training.
During her career, Chief Anderson has served in a multitude of units as a line-level officer and supervisor. Specifically, she has experience in patrol, field training, vice, internet crimes against children, narcotics, and training. Throughout her career, she has intentionally worked on efforts to improve inclusion and equity in policing for women and minorities.
In addition to her police experience, she has served as the Assistant Commander at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission where she was charged with day to day operation of the Basic Law Enforcement Academy (BLEA) and supervision of training officers from dozens of police agencies. She helped implement the Guardian approach to law enforcement currently taught at police departments across the nation. She has conducted implicit bias training on behalf of the Seattle Police Department and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Chief Anderson has worked at Microsoft Corporation conducting corporate investigations and threat assessments worldwide. This is complemented by her operational knowledge and experience as a part of the emergency operations team at Seattle Police while managing large-scale special events.
She has developed and led new programs centering around emotional intelligence and the use of force decision-making. She has a great deal of experience in building teams during adversity. Chief Anderson has experience with managing multi-million dollar budgets on behalf of the Seattle Police Department and the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission.
She is a graduate of the Senior Management Institute for Police (Session 72) through the Police Executive Research Forum in Boston and Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command (Class 470). Chief Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree and master's degree from Western Governor's University and a certification in Leadership from the University of Washington Foster School of Business.
The Team
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson started his law enforcement career in Brier, Washington in 1991. He continued to grow and look for opportunities with Duvall Police and finally at Bothell Police in 1994. His experience gave him exposure to small and medium-sized police agencies. Mike worked in a variety of leadership positions within the Bothell Police Department and currently holds the rank of Captain over Special Operations. He has leadership experience in Public Outreach, Media Relations, Special Weapons and Tactics, and Active Shooter Prevention and Response. He has supervised Police Training, Traffic, Patrol, Community Liaison Officers and others. He is one of the commanders of the North Sound Metro SWAT team. He is currently the Captain over investigations for the Bothell Police Department.
Mike is the law enforcement liaison to the University of Washington – Bothell. His education is from Shoreline College, Cascadia College and he has a Bachelor's Degree from Central Washington University.
Mike also has extensive experience in leadership and policy development for the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission as a facilitator, policy advisor, and curriculum developer. His classes are engaging and prompt deeper discussions about the current direction of law enforcement and community interaction. Mike lives in the City of Bothell with his wife and two children.
Michelle Bennett
Michelle Bennett is the Chief of Police in Edmonds, Washington. She co-developed the "Take a Stand Against Bullying" curriculum for secondary schools in 2001. In 2006, she developed the "Building a Civil and Respectful Workplace" curriculum, and in 2007, the "Take a Stand Against Cyber-Bullying" curriculum. Ever since she has been working tirelessly to combat incivility and bullying among both children and adults. These issues often impact the climate in which students and employees should be thriving and growing, hindering their performance and productivity. Michelle Bennett has had a long career in law enforcement, having worked for the King County Sheriff’s Office since 1990. During her career, she has served in various roles such as a School Resource Officer, Field-Training Officer, Master Police Officer, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Academy Tactical Officer and Instructor, Field Training Sergeant, Bicycle Sergeant, Street Crimes Sergeant, School Resource Officer Sergeant/Coordinator, Community Police Sergeant/Coordinator, and Youth Explorer Sergeant.
Michelle served as the Chief of Police for the City of Maple Valley Police Department from 2004 to 2008. She was then promoted to Captain and served as an Operations and Administrative Captain for a year at the unincorporated Maple Valley precinct. In 2009, she returned to her position as Captain/Chief of the Maple Valley Police Department. In 2014, she left this position to become the Administrative Services Captain for the King County Sheriff’s Office. Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Justice from Central Washington University, a Master of Science degree in Psychology/Organization Development from Central Washington University, and a Doctorate of Education with an emphasis in curriculum and instruction from Seattle Pacific University. Since 1998, Michelle has taught various criminal justice classes at local Washington State colleges such as Shoreline Community College, Highline Community College, and Central Washington University. She also developed an online curriculum and in 2015, developed Northwest University’s Organizational Development and Crisis Intervention classes. Michelle is an adjunct for Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, where she teaches the Internal Conflict Resolution, Strategic Planning, Grant Writing, Information Technology, and Staff Study portions of the Command College curriculum.
Michelle is a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command (Class 235) and the FBI National Academy (Class 247). She is currently the vice president of the Northwest Women’s Law Enforcement Network and the Region representative for the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command Alumni Board. Michelle is also the Sergeant at Arms for the FBI National Academy Executive Board in Washington State and served as the FBINA Washington Executive Board President in 2020.
Marcia Harnden
Marcia Harnden is currently serving as the Chief of Police in Albany, Oregon. Prior to becoming Chief, she worked at the Bellevue Police Department in Washington State since 1993. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Speech Communication from the University of Washington and a Master's Degree in Applied Leadership from City University of Seattle.
Marcia has received the Trilogy Award for FBI-Leeda (which includes Supervisory, Command, and Executive Leadership Institutes) and graduated in 2018 from the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command (Class 447). In 2024, she completed Session 90 of the intensive Senior Management Institute for Police from the Police Executive Research Forum in Boston.
During her tenure at the Bellevue Police, Marcia oversaw patrol, traffic, investigations, special operations, SWAT, and Bomb units, and served as a public information officer. She also has experience in coordinating special events with local, county, state, and federal entities and has ten years of experience with collective bargaining units at both the line and management levels.
Additionally, she has been involved in curriculum development and instruction for various institutions and organizations including APCO, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, and Oregon State Department of Public Safety Standards and Training.
At Albany Police, Marcia runs a department of over 100 staff in a city of 60,000 residents. Albany is located along the I-5 corridor and is the busiest city in Linn and Benton counties.
Marcia is a founding member of the Northwest Women's Law Enforcement Network, which works to attract and develop women in public safety professions. She also sits on the executive boards of Oregon-Idaho HIDTA and the Oregon Association of Chief of Police.